Relationship between adiponectin and blood pressure in obese Latino adolescent boys with a family history of type 2 diabetes

Table 1 Correlations between Adiponectin, anthropometric, body composition, insulin resistance, fasting glucose, CRP and blood pressure

Variables	Systolic BP		Diastolic BP
Variables	rho	p	rho	p
Age (yr.)	-0.12	0.58	0.19	0.31
Height (m)	-0.20	0.29	-0.21	0.27
Weight (kg)	0.27	0.16	0.14	0.46
BMI (kg/m²)	0.26	0.18	0.18	0.35
BMI %tile (%)	-0.14	0.48	-0.19	0.31
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)			0.69	0.00*
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	0.67	0.00*
Pulse rate (BPM)	0.03	0.97	0.36	0.075
Waist circumference (m)	-0.18	0.36	-0.23	0.23
Hip Circumference (m)	− 0.019	0.31	-0.19	0.32
Waist/hip ratio	-0.05	0.79	-0.16	0.41
Fat (kg)	-0.03	0.88	-0.09	0.65
Lean tissue (kg)	0.00	0.99	0.11	0.58
Lean Tissue and Bone Mineral Content (kg)	− 0.018	0.92	0.09	0.62
Total Mass (kg)	-0.34	0.99	0.03	0.87
Fat (%)	0.06	0.78	-0.11	0.57
Lean (%)	0.06	0.74	0.13	0.51
Insulin Sensitivity (X10^− 4 min^− 1/µU/ml)	0.30	0.12	0.26	0.18
Acute Insulin Response (µU/ml X 10 min)	-0.03	0.99	0.08	0.67
Disposition Index (X10^− 4 min^− 1)	-0.33	0.09	-0.17	0.39
Fasting Glucose (mg/dl)	0.12	0.53	0.06	0.77
CRP (ng/ml)	-0.12	0.56	-0.02	0.32
Adiponectin (µg/ml)	0.44	0.02*	0.41	0.02*

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